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Martin Shields

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • Bow River
  • Alberta
  • Voting Attendance: 65%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $127,198.82

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Context: House Hansard - 318 - May/27/24
Mr. Martin Shields (Bow River, CPC)
  • May/27/24 11:00:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague is from the area of the heartland in Alberta. He knows it well and knows how development can happen there. What has the member seen when development works? What could happen elsewhere in this country? What optimism does he have for what our country could be if it was developed like the heartland in his constituency?
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Context: House Hansard - 264 - Dec/7/23
Mr. Martin Shields (Bow River, CPC)
  • Dec/7/23 3:39:35 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, to my colleague across the way, I will say that I am in a constituency with 70% of the irrigation in the country, so when he talks about very rich people, they are not my constituents. When I last spoke about this, I had examples of many of the irrigating farmers paying more than $100,000 in carbon taxes a year, and there are thousands of them in my riding because of irrigation. If he questions that, he should come to my riding; I will introduce them to him, and he will see that. The constituents I represent grow on 4% of the arable land and bring in 28% of the GDP for ag in the province of Alberta. This is costing them because they grow 60 different kinds of products, which translates to expensive food in this country. I know them.
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